Firewall Infrastructure Engineering Manager - Remote/Hybrid

Centene Corporation; Clayton (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health insurance

401K/Stock plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off + holidays

Flexible remote/hybrid/work options

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a Manager to lead the Firewall Infrastructure Engineering function, guiding delivery, workforce management, and capability advancement to ensure a reliable, scalable firewall ecosystem aligned to cybersecurity objectives.

You will oversee engineering teams, lifecycle management, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain platform availability and security posture across enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Requires risk-based decision-making capability.
• Collaboration and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance management, career development, coaching, and mentoring.
• Develop succession plans and reduce key-person dependency risks.
• Ensure reliable operation of enterprise firewall infrastructure and supporting services.
• Manage engineering backlogs and technical debt initiatives.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and operational metrics.
• Drive consistent execution of firewall engineering processes and standards.
• Prioritize initiatives based on risk reduction, operational efficiency, capacity and business value.
• Ensure new capabilities transition into production operations.
• Oversee enterprise firewall platforms and related upgrades.
• Plan capacity and forecast resource needs.
• Conduct disaster recovery validation and testing.
• Monitor firewall performance and platform health.
• Maintain asset inventory and technology currency.
• Ensure firewall data center and cloud connectivity.

Skills

Risk-based decision-making

Collaboration and teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks a Manager to lead the Firewall Infrastructure Engineering function, guiding delivery, workforce management, and capability advancement to ensure a reliable, scalable firewall ecosystem aligned to cybersecurity objectives.

You will oversee engineering teams, lifecycle management, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain platform availability and security posture across enterprise environments.